Maple Leaf fans react to elimination with anger, humour

The Maple Leafs lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Tuesday night and, combined with Columbus Blue Jackets' 4-3 OT win over Phoenix, the Leafs were officially eliminated from the playoffs for the eighth time in nine NHL seasons.

TAMPA, FLA.-Dead men walkin' here, boss. It's been a long time coming. Or maybe no so long, actually, merely a matter of three stumble-bum weeks, the incremental descent towards oblivion and irrelevancy. But it's finally arrived, mathematically: The End for the Toronto Maple Leafs , circa 2013-14.